Qatar goes to host one other World Cup.
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has picked Qatar to host the 2027 version of its marquee males’s World Cup.
It didn’t say whether or not there have been some other bidders.
Doha will stage all video games within the 32-team occasion, FIBA stated, citing upgraded subway and public transport networks that had been accomplished for the boys’s soccer World Cup performed final November and December.
Qatar confronted fierce criticism throughout an enormous, 12-year development challenge getting ready for the soccer World Cup over its therapy of a migrant labour power that was important for the constructing work.
FIBA made no reference to labour or human rights points in saying its choice on the eve of the 2023 match draw.
“With all of the teams playing in the same city, fans can plan everything far in advance and enjoy a unique experience since all venues are within 30 minutes of each other,” the Switzerland-based governing physique stated.
“Additionally, all venues to be used for FIBA’s flagship men’s event are already constructed, while widely used green technologies will help in delivering the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 as a carbon-neutral event.”
The No. 89-ranked Qatar workforce will qualify routinely as host. Qatar final performed within the occasion on the 2006 world championship, and misplaced all 5 of its video games.
Qatar is the third straight Asian host of the boys’s match. China hosted in 2019 and the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia host this 12 months’s version from August 25-September 12.
The girls’s World Cup in 2026 can be hosted by Germany in Berlin, FIBA additionally selected Friday.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
